IBM X20-8020-1 Flowcharting Template U/M 010

Description:

This blue-green plastic template has twenty-six holes, with an underlying grid of lines. Along the top is a scale of inches divided to tenths of inches. Along the bottom is a scale of inches divided to eighths of inches. A mark on the template reads: FLOWCHARTING TEMPLATE X20-8020-1 U/M 010. Another mark reads: IBM.

The blue and white paper sleeve explains the symbols used. A mark in pencil on it reads: R. Brill. The envelope also touts the IBM System 360 Flowchart Program.

This flowchart and its sleeve are shown in a 1969 IBM publication.

Reference:

IBM, IBM Data Processing Techniques, Flowcharting Techniques, White Plains, New York: IBM, 1969, esp. p. 3, 7.

Date Made: ca 1969

Maker: IBM

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Flowcharting Templates, Science & Mathematics

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of Joan P. Nichols

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1996.3015.06Catalog Number: 1996.3015.06Nonaccession Number: 1996.3015

Object Name: Logic Template

Physical Description: paper (overall material)plastic (overall material)Measurements: overall: .2 cm x 26 cm x 10.8 cm; 3/32 in x 10 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0a43-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_690232

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